Chicken Keeping Courses in Bristol
Courses Run By:
LILO
Website: Low Impact Living Initiative
Contact Via Website
Location: Windmill Hill City Farm, Bristol
Please contact for details of dates and availability
Chicken Keeping Course Information
This course will cover the basics of
keeping chickens and help you to plan your brood. There will also
be hands-on experience of handling and inspecting chickens.
This
course is suitable for vegetarians wishing to keep chickens for
eggs, but there will be a discussion on the use of chickens for
meat, and the ethical issues involved.
The course includes:
- healthy, happy hens: the basics of chicken care; the five ‘freedoms’ of animal welfare; common diseases and their cures; how to handle a chicken and deal with chicken behaviour (pecking order, hens going broody etc)
- choosing chickens to suit you: breeds of chicken; uses of hens and what you want to get out of keeping chickens
- housing: different options for housing your hens, from deep litter to totally free range, and the associated pros and cons
- nutrition: what a chicken needs to grow healthily and be productive; organic feed, and what you can contribute yourself
- egg production: understanding how a hen produces an egg and ways in which you can help or hinder this process; artificial vs natural breeding; care of chicks
- meat production: ethical and welfare issues associated with keeping chickens for meat
- legalities: what laws/guidance from authorities that you need to consider when keeping poultry
Chicken Keeping Courses
Please note: listing of a course does not mean that it is approved by the Poultry Pages.
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